Palehound is an American band fronted by El Kempner[1] who have released four albums, Dry Food (2015),[2] A Place I'll Always Go (2017),[3] Black Friday (2019), and Eye on the Bat (2023);[1] as well as the Bent Nail EP (2013) and a number of 7" singles.

[4] Initially a solo project, the band currently features Kempner on vocals/guitar, Jamie Pompei on drums and Larz Brogan on bass.

[7] Together with a younger sister, El Kempner grew up in Westport, Connecticut,[6] where they attended the Staples High School.

[20] Kempner worked with Real to Reel Filmschool in Boston on a video for the song "Cushioned Caging" that appeared in June 2016.

"[23] Kempner describes their music as "journal rock," a term they explain in an interview with Sound of Boston: "it’s kind of like journal-rock, just all of my biggest fears splurted onto some vinyl, no different from writing a diary, really.”[24]